is there already a way to set the preferences of my-Sketchup to metric units?
Or maybe load my one template with my personal unit settings?
You need to click the SketchUp icon, and a panel will slide out from the left margin, allowing you to select the metric template.
Thanks Dan for your quick response, i was looking for it for ours.
There is lots to discover
Hello Bepā¦
Did Danās advice help you discover it? Itās under the model info icon. Once there, did the interface make sense to you? Please feel free to discuss your experience.
Thank you for contributing.
That is part of the fun. I always left click and right click everything I can to find all the goodies!
yes Eric, I found it.
Its looks good,very clean and clear.
I am at this point just trying to find out which of the āfor meā essential parts are missing, or where to find them.
I will post again if i have another question or suggestion.
Just to clarify.
Templates for new model can be found:
SketchUp-icon > Create new model from a template.
Length units for current model:
SketchUp-icon > Model Info.
Open an existing skp-file:
SketchUp-icon > Open a model from Trimble Connect.
1 Like
Nope. My āSketchUp iconā has a ābetaā in blue does that mean it isnāt available. I have no āModel infoā (there is an Entity Info)
Found it! Under the three horizontal lines on the left there is a āNew Model From Templateā where you can choose āmeterā or āmillimeterā templates!
Having already modeled a some, I copy pasted from my previous model into a new template. It worked fine.
ā¦
This is called a āhamburger menuā, because it looks like a sandwich (panini.)
Itās icon was the SketchUp icon, but they must have changed it.
The old image from the my.sketchup Overview webpage:
@ericdbohn, several images are now out of date on the Help site.
Gregor, how did you copy paste into a new model? Somehow in the browser?
In the browser. Ctrl+A; Ctrl+C; New model (metric template) Ctrl+V.
Thanks!
Interestingly that works, but opening 2 instances my.Sketchup in different windows and copy-pasting between them does not work.
Where do I change from Imperial (US standard) units to metric in the web version of SketchUp app.sketchup.com (web interface)?
Far left menu at the top drop down and select Model Info.
1 Like
But that just changes it for the current model, isnāt it? Iād like to always start with standard international units, not local North American ones.
1 Like
Iāve just started with SketchUp so Iām using the latest web version and there isnāt a Model Info bit in the menu that I can see. Anyone know if itās still possible to change units on an existing model? Iām working on one at the moment that i need to be in metric unitsā¦it wonāt copy/paste into a new model eitherā¦ 
Awesome, thanks Dave! Getting the units changed was what I really needed - I was looking for ages for the right thingā¦ 
The menus have changed a little in the Free Web version (2020).
Note: āNewā and āOpenā behave differently depending if you are in a model or at āHomeā.
To get āHomeā (or use āOpenā or āNewā from within a model), click the hamburger menu (thee line menu top left).
Templates for new model can be found:
Home > Create new model from a template.
Length units for current model:
Model Info Icon (circle with an āiā in it in right menu) > Length Units
Open an existing skp-file:
Home > Open a model from āTrimble Connectā or āMy Computerā